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A country as diverse as India is symbolized by the plurality of its culture. India has
one of the world’s largest collections of songs, music, dance, theatre, folk traditions,
performing arts, rites, rituals, paintings and writings that are known, as the
‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’ (ICH). Indian Art and Culture is popular
throughout the world. To study the important aspects of Indian Art and Culture,
from examination point of view, please download this post as PDF. Click on the
button below to download ‘Indian Art and Culture GK Notes’.
India has earned a special place in the world because of its musical repertoire. The
basic notes of Svara came from – Sadja, Rishava, Gandhara, Madhyam, Panchama,
Dhaivata, Nishata which denotes Sa, Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni. There are two types of
classical music:
1. Hindustani Music
2. Carnatic/ Karnatak
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It demands efforts from vocals only.
The three stages are ragam, tanam and pallavi.
Kriti is the most popular form of Karnatak music.
Names Accomplishments
Musician at the court of
Amir Khusrow
Alauddin Khilji
Famous classical singer &
Bhimsen Joshi
Bharat Ratna awardee
G.N. Balasubramaniam Carnatic vocalist
Musical Instruments:
Drums
Trumpets
Sankh
Veena
Tamboora
Sarangi
Dilruba
Matki
Jaltarang
Indian Orchestra
Famous Personalities:
Names Instruments
Ali Akbar Khan, Amjad Ali
Sarod
Khan
Bismillah Khan Shehnai
Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia Flute
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L. Subramaniam: Violin
Bundu Khan Sarangi
Srinivas Mandolin
P.Mani Iyer Mridangam
Ravi Sankar Sitar
Zakir Hussain Tabla
Folk songs are generally related to nature, love, familial relation, religious festivals,
cultures etc.
INDI POP:
– Fusion music
– Started by Hariharan & Leslie Lewis.
– 1999 an album released by AR Rahman with Micheal Jackson (named – Ekam
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Satyam)
Some Indi-Pop singers are – Alisha Chinai, Daler Mehendi, Euphoria Band etc.
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